Leadership that Promotes a Common Vision: Extraordinary Achievement for All While Closing Achievement Gaps
Printer-friendly versionFrom making policy to working with individual students and parents, structures and systems are being reinvented in the Santa Monica-Malibu (California) Unified School District. Santa Monica High School, with an enrollment of 3,500 students, was redesigned into six small learning communities. The Board of Education adopted a controversial “gift policy” that uses a weighted formula to redistribute a portion of funds raised by PTAs and other organizations throughout the district to be used for support, intervention, and remediation. Standards-based curriculum and formative assessments have been aligned with research-based instructional best practices and appropriate professional development. Focused evaluations and regular surveys of all stakeholders contribute to reflection and planning in continuous efforts to improve.
Presenters:
John E. Deasy, Superintendent of Schools, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Santa Monica, CA
Donna E. Muncey, Chief Academic Officer, Assistant Superintendent, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Santa Monica, CA
Maria Rodriguez, Community Liaison, John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Harris, Principal, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Santa Monica, CA
Peggy Harris, Director of Student and Family Support Services, Santa Monica, CA Lesile Wells, Advisor, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA
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